"The American of today, in fact, probably enjoys less personal liberty than any other man of Christendom, and even his political liberty is fast succumbing to the new dogma that certain theories of government are virtuous and lawful, and others abhorrent and felonious. Laws limiting the radius of his free activity multiply year by year: It is now practically impossible for him to exhibit anything describable as genuine individuality, either in action or in thought, without running afoul of some harsh and unintelligible penalty. It would surprise no impartial observer if the motto “In God we trust” were one day expunged from the coins of the republic by the Junkers at Washington, and the far more appropriate word, “verboten,” substituted. Nor would it astound any save the most romantic if, at the same time, the goddess of liberty were taken off the silver dollars to make room for a bas-relief of a policeman in a spiked helmet.
Moreover, this gradual (and, of late, rapidly progressive) decay of freedom goes almost without challenge; the American has grown so accustomed to the denial of his constitutional rights and to the minute regulation of his conduct by swarms of spies, letter-openers, informers and agents provocateurs that he no longer makes any serious protest."
H.L. Mencken: The American Credo: A Contribution toward the Interpretation of the National Mind 1920
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It's not just the NSA: down
to the level of local law enforcement, your emails aren't safe from the
government. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a law passed in
the 1980s, purports to allow government agents to collect private emails
without a probable cause warrant. Take action today to demand a digital upgrade to our privacy law.
If those same emails were
printed out and on your desk, the government would be forced to get a
warrant. But our constitutional freedoms shouldn't change whether our
papers are printed or stored on our computer. And in 2010, the Sixth
circuit agreed. In United States v. Warshak,
a leading case in which EFF participated as amicus, the court affirmed
that people had a reasonable expectation of privacy in their email, even
if it is stored with a service provider.
It's time for Congress to follow Warshak's
lead. The Email Privacy Act is how that happens. The bill ensures the
government must obtain a probable cause warrant to access your emails
and other communications online. So far it has over 170 cosponsors in
the House, but we need 218 in order for the bill to get the attention of
Congressional leaders.
Tell your representative now: Cosponsor HR 1852, The Email Privacy Act, and support my digital rights.
Parker Higgins
Activist
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Activist
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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What is precious is never to forget The delight of the blood drawn
from ancient springs Breaking through rocks in worlds before our earth;
Never to deny its pleasure in the simple morning light, Nor its grave
evening demand for love; Never to allow gradually the traffic to smother
With noise and fog the flowering of the spirit.
--Stephen Spender
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Plus stability fix for iTunes on Redmond-powered PCs
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Perfectly legal for us to watch your unencrypted steamy cam sessions, sniffs GCHQ
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Unintended consequences
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They're turning down MULTI-MILLION pound contracts...
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Actor manages to do what angry hacktivists could not
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RSA 2014 Basically, we're screwed for the next decade or so
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EPSRC splashes cash at security
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OpenID Connect spec touts simpler messaging
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Please sir, may I have some more?
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